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CHARLES VAN HORN, OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

WAGON-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,540, dated February7, 1888. Application mea .Tune 11,1881. srialNo. 241,625. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES VAN HORN, of Bethlehem, inthe county ofNorthampton and State of Pennsylvania,l haveinvented a new and ImprovedSpring-Seat for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexactY description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation showing my improved spring-seatapplied to a wagon-box. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the under side of theseat. Fig. 3is atransverse sectional elevation taken on the line a: .frof Fig. l; and Fig. 4 shows one of the supporting-irons.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

The seat A is provided atY the bottom with the two opposite springs, BB,and with thesupporting-irons O C. The springs B B are cen-l trallyplaced with respect to the Width of the seat and are held thereto by theboltsa and clips a'. The supporting-irons Care cach formedin the centerwith a recess, b, to form a clearance for the spring and are held to theseat by bolts or rivets b. The hangers C of each of thesupporting-,irons are bent inward at the lower ends, as shown at c, andthen upward, as shown at c, to form bearing supports or keepers for theknuckles d d of the cross pieces or plates Di, to which thespringboardsDD are secured.

The supportingirons C are also formed with the side extensions, o2 o2,which act as braces against the bottom of the seat and prevent lateralturning of the irons and avoid excessive strain upon the bolts b. rI heboards D D are pivoted at the knuckles d in the hangers C', and areconnected to each other at the center by the arms f f and the link f.The arms ff are connected to the inner ends of the springs B by thelinks z' t', as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The outer edges of the boards DD are provided with a plate or frame, E, having arms g g at the ends, towhich the box-clips h h are pivoted. The clips h rest upon the edge ofthe wagon-box, as shown in Fig. l, to support the seat.A The plates Eare of greater length than the width of the boards D and project at `theback of the seat, as shown at h', Fig. 2, so that the seat cannot tipbackward upon the box.

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A The arms j' are each formed with a recess v.or depression, i', in thelower surface to receive and hold the ring or link z', as shown in Fig.

l, and the irons E are formed with the angle i e to receive the edge ofthe boards D, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to protect the same and preventthe said boards from splitting. The hangers O C' project below the undersurface of the boards D D, through which bolts or rivets pass, so thatwhen weight is on the seat A and the boards D D are depressed by theweight the slight endwise movement ofthe boardsD D is accommodated atthe pivots, and thus any motion at the outer ends of the boards D D isAB, secured to the longitudinal center of the seat A, in combination withthe pivoted boards D D, provided at the center with the arms f, linkedtogether and to the springs B, substantially as described.

2. The seat A, provided with the supporting-irons C, formed in thecenter with the depressions b, in combination with the springs B,secured to the bottom of the seat, substantially as described.

3. The supporting-irons C, formed with the arms C', and with the sideextensions, c2, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The irons E, secured to the board D, and extended to the rear of theboard and provided With the pivoted clip h, substantially as described.

CHARLES VAN HORN.

